Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure and the types of students that study this field. University of Iowa awards the most degrees in graphic design in the US, but Golf Academy of America-Carlsbad and Golf Academy of America-Phoenix have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure. Tuition costs for Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors are, on average, $6,872 for in-state public colleges, and $27,986 for out of state private colleges. The largest share of institutions with Parks, Recreation, & Leisure programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions.

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Parks, Recreation, & Leisure graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field. Elementary & secondary schools is the industry that employs the most Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors both by share and by number, though the highest paying industry for Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors, by average wage, is Apparel, piece goods, & notions merchant wholesalers.

The number of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 8.86%, from 516,351 in 2015 to 562,097 in 2016.

The largest single share of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (5.64%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure by share of the total number of graduates.

The number of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 8.86%, from 516,351 in 2015 to 562,097 in 2016.

The industry which employs the most Parks, Recreation, & Leisure graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Hospitals. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure.

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors living. Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.

Demographic information on those who earn a degree in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure in the US. The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure is 35.3, and the most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelor's degree. Male employees are more likey to hold Parks, Recreation, & Leisure degrees, and White students earn the majority (43,109) of the degrees.

This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure. The most common ages of employees with this major are 25 and 28 years old, which represent 6.4% and 5.2% of the population, respectively.

This chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of students graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure. White Male graduates, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and gender.

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Somalia that hold Parks, Recreation, & Leisure degrees, but the most common country of origin for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico.

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Parks, Recreation, & Leisure field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors need more than the average amount of Instructing, Operations Analysis, and Service Orientation.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Parks, Recreation, & Leisure majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Instructing is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Monitoring, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.